Levia'sPlantZone

Garden Guides

2010-05-22T22:18:00.000-05:00

I have published 2 new rose care garden guides that include my 10 most favorite roses and also how to care for roses - choosing the right rose is the key to success with them. These Guides are from my own 20 plus years of rose growing experience. Garden Guides for Perennials and Japanese Maples will be published soon. Take care and thanks so much for stopping by my PlantZone blog.

Spring Garden 2010

2010-04-22T20:50:00.005-05:00

As usual, it's been a very busy Spring, volunteering to help others with their gardens and then maintaining my own leaves me almost no time to blog, but I just had to take a few moments to add a short note to say hello to those of you who are kind enough to take the time to visit here - Thank You! I've updated my slideshow with new pictures and I hope you enjoy them. Happy Gardening!

2010-02-21T19:43:00.003-06:00

Spring is in the air, the snow storm of 2010 will soon be a distant memory and our gardens will be filled with buds, blooms, beauty & fragrance! My roses are pruned and indoors, my Orchids are blooming, all my Japanese Maples survived the cold snowy weather great and there are heavy with buds; I can't wait to see their leaves open this Spring!

2009-11-08T17:10:00.002-06:00

I'm back from Florida, my siblings and I helped my Mom celebrate her 75th Birthday, had a wonderful time, ate way too much food, but it was indeed a fabulous trip. The owner of the most beautiful garden in my brothers neighborhood gave me a personal tour and it was wonderful; Elephant Ears 5' x 5', huge Aloe plants, Dracena, Ferns, Ivy, and of course, huge Palm Trees, I could go on and on. These people have been gardening there for over 30 years. I hate that I never got time to take pictures of it, but I'll take pics next time I'm in Florida. My Garden is slowly beginning to rest, the orange/brown/yellow and red Fall colors are pretty. In my garden, the most intense cold weather colors are actually in December, when all the Japanese Maples are deep red - just gorgeous - keeps me peeking out the window all the time!

2009-10-13T19:42:00.004-05:00

Well, I'm so happy to return & enter a new post. I feel as if I've neglected my blog, but I have been working with my Orchids, which has kept me extremely busy... I ordered a whole new light set for them, it's more powerfu , yet cost efficient w/reflectors (you gotta know about growing under lights to know what I'm talking about here...), they also have a new indoor greenhouse, misters for humidity, etc, etc.. As far as the garden goes, all the rain has been great for everything, the plants are taking it all in and lovin it. November is just around the corner and that's what I love about gardening in No. Central TX, plants still grow very well during cool weather and some of our roses bloom in December, Mme. Alfred Carriere Climbing Rose is one that is almost guaranteed to be in bloom in December and even January if the weather remains in the 40s for a few days. So, that's it for now, and that's what I've been up to, working with plants both indoors and out - life is good - enjoy it and enjoy your garden and if you don't have a garden, plant one! Until next time, your friend, Levia.

Transplants and New Plants

2009-09-29T21:23:00.002-05:00

Planted my new Aztec Grass (Liriope Muscari) and transplanted my beautiful Ligularia. The Ligularia replaced a 2 year old Japanese Beautyberry that I moved to the East Side of my home and it seems to be happy in its new location. Fall is a great time for planting! Will be on the hunt this weekend for a good looking Cyclamen, the ones I saw this weekend didn't look all that hot, so I'm still searching.

What's Happening in The Garden

2009-09-28T12:35:00.000-05:00

Roses on their last go round, though they still look good however. They had a good year. No more daily watering of the containers. Cool Nights. Time to Transplant and add some plants for Fall color. Inside: Cattleya Orchids starting to bloom. Will need to cool down Phalaenopsis Orchids in order to get them to set their blooms. Ordered clear plastic "Orchid" pots for all my Orchids as their roots do not look as good as I wish, but they are doing nicely. Putting on great new growth. I feed once/week with Orchid Fertilizer and Super Thrive. Will cut down on fertilizing as the cool weather sets in. Have built up my Cactus collection by leaps and bounds, they are doing wonderful. Oldest Cactus is 7 years old.